Confessions of an English Opium-Eaterby Thomas De Quincey | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"World History - Cultural" |
| Pages: | 90 |
| Year of Publication: | 1822 |
| Date Read: | 09/21/1996 |
| Notes: | de Quincey ran away from school as a teen, lived in poverty and ruined his stomach by his diet. When he returned to school, he took opium for stomach pains and found he enjoyed it. He took it weekly for eight years, then daily for four more until he rendered himself unable to think and had nightmares and hallucinations. |
| My Rating: | 5 |